Poke with a pin, figuratively

noun

1. A small slender usually steel instrument that has an eye for thread or surgical sutures at one end and that is used for sewing
2. Any of various devices for carrying thread and making stitches (as in crocheting or knitting)
3. Any of various slender hollow devices used to introduce matter (such as air) into or remove it from an object (such as a ball)
4. A slender bar of magnetized steel that when allowed to turn freely (as in a compass) indicates the direction of a magnetic field (as of the earth)
5. A slender usually sharp-pointed indicator on a dial
6. A needle-shaped leaf (as of a conifer)
7. A slender rod (as of jewel or steel) with a rounded tip used in a phonograph to transmit vibrations from a record stylus
8. A slender pointed rod controlling a fine inlet or outlet (as in a valve)
9. A teasing or gibing remark

verb

1. To sew or pierce with or as if with a needle
2. Tease, torment
3. To incite to action by repeated gibes

   "needled the boy into a fight"

4. Sew, embroider

noun

1. Pliers with long slender jaws used for grasping small or thin objects

noun

1. An often cultivated yucca (Yucca filamentosa) of coastal pine barrens of the eastern U.S. with a basal rosette of sharp-tipped leaves having loose threads along the margins

noun

1. A long needle with a large eye for use in darning
2. Dragonfly, damselfly

noun

1. Dragonfly
2. Damselfly

noun

1. Needle
2. A hypodermic syringe complete with needle

noun phrase

1. Someone or something that is very hard to find

   "Searching for your earring at the park will be like looking for a needle in a haystack."

noun

1. One of two or more long, thin, usually metal or plastic sticks that are pointed at one end and used for knitting